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Upton Livestock Auction

Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 3

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211

← Dec 13Jan 3Jan 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

992 head

▲ 278 vs last sale 714▲ 35 vs year ago 957 · +3.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

78 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 82▲ 17 vs year ago 61 · +27.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 20▼ 21 vs year ago 34 · −61.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to being closed for the holiday break.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.50/cwt on 388 head.

Average price

$152.50

388 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$18.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.12

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	604	155.11	937	333
Medium and Large 2-3	590	136.70	806	55

One grade step is worth $18.41/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale388 hd

152.50

—

KY average8 barns · 1,580 hd

154.62

−2.12

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,622	104.86	1,700	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,522	83.87	1,277	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	80.83	978	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	978	65.92	645	9thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,137	$882	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,015	$850	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	892	$733	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$690	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$654	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,038	$793	2thin

Every lot

70 lots · USDA AMS · Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	676	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	712	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	820	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	178.24/cwt	172.00–181.50	840	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	171.47/cwt	166.50–176.00	923	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	171.85/cwt	171.00–173.00	968	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	903	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	624	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	874	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	167.25/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,059	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,094	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	165.79/cwt	163.50–169.00	1,209	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	168.11/cwt	166.25–169.75	1,291	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	164.97/cwt	164.00–166.25	1,359	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	852	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,380	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,007	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,480	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	260	156.76/cwt	155.00–160.00	408	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	344	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	307	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	473	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	322	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	444	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	157.85/cwt	155.00–160.00	594	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	150.63/cwt	146.50–153.50	634	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	453	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	627	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	708	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	502	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	710	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	153.75/cwt	147.25–160.00	789	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	160.72/cwt	157.00–163.50	921	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	585	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	667	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	606	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	845	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	155.61/cwt	152.50–161.50	971	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	157.01/cwt	153.50–160.50	1,061	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	691	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	940	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	721	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	988	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	157.82/cwt	156.00–159.50	1,163	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	150.84/cwt	141.00–152.00	1,133	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,189	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	905	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	986	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	943	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,188	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	558	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	664	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	406	177.12/cwt	173.00–180.50	719	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	570	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	838	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	497	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	651	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	846	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	920	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	994	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	653	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	836	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,074	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	890	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	917	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	945	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	964	8
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	863	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	915	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,319	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,385	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,313	96.08/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,262	3
Bulls	—	—	1,612	105.13/cwt	101.00–109.50	1,695	6
Bulls	—	—	2,113	117.21/cwt	115.00–119.00	2,477	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	75.35/cwt	73.00–77.50	735	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	979	66.32/cwt	63.00–71.00	649	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	55.48/cwt	55.00–56.00	544	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	68.84/cwt	66.00–73.00	794	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	86.11/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,051	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	77.67/cwt	74.00–82.50	954	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,503	93.01/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,398	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	82.56/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,259	14
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	595.00/head	595.00–595.00	595	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	990.00/head	990.00–990.00	990	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	892	732.99/head	680.00–790.00	733	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,137	881.98/head	850.00–910.00	882	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	690.00/head	690.00–690.00	690	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	653.96/head	550.00–740.00	654	3

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

Tue Jan 3, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 992Last week 714Year ago 957

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 82Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 20Year ago 34

No trend due to being closed for the holiday break.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	471	172.00–181.50	178.24
27	—	667	164.00	164.00
1	—	325	208.00	208.00
55	—	633	165.00–170.00	167.25
53	—	824	164.00–166.25	164.97
19	—	563	171.00–173.00	171.85
29	—	729	163.50–169.00	165.79
61	—	768	166.25–169.75	168.11
4	—	398	179.00	179.00
38	—	538	166.50–176.00	171.47
4	—	1,007	147.00	147.00
13	—	448	183.00	183.00
17	—	852	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	624	140.00	140.00
5	—	575	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	453	138.50	138.50
7	—	606	139.50	139.50
11	—	691	136.00	136.00
6	—	322	138.00	138.00
1	—	585	114.00	114.00
15	—	721	137.00	137.00
1	—	905	109.00	109.00
4	—	502	141.50	141.50
1	—	270	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	573	157.00–163.50	160.72
19	—	751	141.00–152.00	150.84
53	—	737	156.00–159.50	157.82
49	—	513	147.25–160.00	153.75
7	—	809	147.00	147.00
5	—	307	154.00	154.00
15	—	421	146.50–153.50	150.63
68	—	624	152.50–161.50	155.61
26	—	466	152.00	152.00
11	—	376	155.00–160.00	157.85
40	—	676	153.50–160.50	157.01
3	—	260	155.00–160.00	156.76
4	—	943	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	513	165.00	165.00
2	—	300	186.00	186.00
20	—	635	156.50	156.50
16	—	565	162.75	162.75
15	—	767	140.00	140.00
9	—	360	184.50	184.50
8	—	471	178.00	178.00
9	—	406	173.00–180.50	177.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	497	131.00	131.00
1	—	890	103.00	103.00
1	—	410	139.00	139.00
4	—	653	128.00	128.00
8	—	945	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	106.00	106.00
7	—	1,319	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	990.00	990.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	595.00	595.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,137	850.00–910.00	881.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	892	680.00–790.00	732.99

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	690.00	690.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	800	550.00–740.00	653.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	92.00–99.00	96.08
6	—	1,612	101.00–109.50	105.13
2	—	2,113	115.00–119.00	117.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,228	74.00–82.50	77.67
19	—	1,220	85.00–91.00	86.11
6	—	1,153	66.00–73.00	68.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	89.00–97.00	93.01
14	—	1,525	79.00–84.00	82.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	73.00–77.50	75.35
2	—	980	55.00–56.00	55.48
5	—	979	63.00–71.00	66.32

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.